Honey Heist Review

  • Was it fun? Yes, this game was fun. I have never played a role-playing game before so it was exciting. 
  • What were the player interactions? Players had to deliberate amongst each other to make decisions that would alter the outcome of the game. 
  • How long did it take to learn? Pretty quickly, because it was just like telling a story. 
  • Would you play it again? Yes, I would. 
  • Analyze the game using the 3 act structure.The first act of the game was when we were first learning the rules of the games and assigning roles and characters. We were introduced to the goal – to secure the honey. The second act of the game was when we started to really strategize about how we were going to get this honey and who could do what job based on their abilities. The third act would have been when we got close to the cabin with the honey and it was evident that we were more than likely going to succeed in securing the honey. 
  • What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? This game is very collaborative. Everyone has their own special abilities and jobs that makes them uniquely contribute to the team. As a team, we were supposed to work together to get the honey and we had to make decisions as a group. 

What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? The metaphor is a group of bears who are going to steal honey from a convention and will do whatever it takes to get it. The standout mechanics of this game was that pretty much everything was determined by the roll of a die—what kind of bear you were, your abilities, if you succeeded in doing a task, etc.

2 Replies to “Honey Heist Review”

  1. This was my first role-playing game too and I thought it was a super fun first experience! The idea that our roles are “bears” with different abilities was unique and the whole game metaphor was funny.

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